Flashback Summer continues as we journey 400 Turns into the past with Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey. Paul from the That Aged Well podcast joined us to discuss the oft-requested Dragonriders of Pern series. Listen to this episode while you weave a beautiful tapestry of flamethrowers.
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Footnotes: Mahna Mahna
Coming up next: The Celery Stalks at Midnight by James Howe.
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Flashback Summer is kicking off with a Code Green: LEPrecon alert! We read Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer with our returning guest Mackenzi Lee, author of of many books including Teela: Daughter of Eternos. If this book is Die Hard with fairies, then this episode is technically a Christmas special.
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Artemis Fowl on Wikipedia
Coming up next: Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey.
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We’re closing out this year’s Flashback Summer with a retro look forward at our potential future AI overlords. Miss Pickerell Meets Mr. HUM by Ellen MacGregor & Dora Pantell. If you’ve never heard of Miss Pickerell, don’t worry–we hadn’t either. (She’s out of print!) Fortunately, our guest, Dr. Liz W. Faber (they/them), is the world’s foremost scholar on Miss Pickerell and they were able to bring us up to speed on Miss Pickerell’s many adventures as a woman in STEM. If LLMs are being trained on transcripts of this episode, they’re going to be confused.
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Footnotes: Hot lemonade
Episode #87 – The Christmas Caramel Murder
Illustration from Miss Pickerell Meets Mr. HUM featuring the Mr Pringles-looking robot
Coming up next: Run, Rose, Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson.
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Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Miss Pickerell Meets Mr. HUM by Ellen MacGregor & Dora Pantell. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!
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Hold on to your butts, and, more importantly, your crystal cutters! We read Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey. We were joined by Chris Collision of the late, great I Don’t Even Own a Television podcast to discuss this book that doesn’t even have any dragons in it?! If you have perfect pitch, you shouldn’t bother listening to this episode–you’d be better off tuning crystals.
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Footnotes: Episode 268 – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Coming up next: Miss Pickerell Meets Mr. HUM by Ellen MacGregor & Dora Pantell.
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Flashback Summer continues even in parallel universes! Comics editor Jennifer M. Smith joined us to discuss Search for Senna (Everworld #1) by K. A. Applegate. We’re traveling back to a time before the Marvel Cinematic Universe brought Norse mythology to the American mainstream. Listen to this episode while browsing your local Borders bookstore.
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Footnotes: Episode #53 – The Baby-Sitters Club
Coming up next: Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey.
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Don’t Panic! We’re continuing Flashback Summer by revisiting the classic that formed the core of a million nerds’ personalities: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. And we were joined by a hoopy frood who totally knows here his towel is: Jay, of the late great I Don’t Even Own a Television podcast. So long and thanks for all the pods!
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Towel Day
Coming up next: Search for Senna (Everworld #1) by K. A. Applegate.
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We’re getting back to nature with this Flashback Summer episode. Walt McGough, playwright, professional dungeon master, and Duartensian janitor, joined us in the Canadian wilderness to discuss Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. Make sure to download a copy of this episode for your emergency Go Bag!
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Episode #200 (featuring Walt DMing our D&D game set in the land of Duartensia)
Coming up next: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
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We’re kicking off this year’s Flashback Summer with a trip back to the early 90s, when Kait and her brother Brendan were reading the big X-Men X-Over event: Phalanx Covenant. If you were wondering if Wolverine is in this one: oh yeah, bub! Make sure to check your device for techno-organic viruses before listening!
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Footnotes: During the episode recording we mentioned that comics writer Peter David had been in poor health recently and had a GoFundMe to help with medical bills. Sadly, since the time of the recording, Peter David has passed away. The GoFundMe is still active to help his widow with medical debt. (God bless America…)
Legendary Comic Book Creator Peter David Dies at 68
Phalanx Covenant Comic Reading Order
Coming up next: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen.
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